Developments in Cork

@rebel_city wrote:

If you could – I’d love to see some pics of Lavits Quay – there’s alot of talk about it but I haven’t seen it in a good while. The Cornmarket Street development from the Tesco carpark view point might be a good one too! 😀 The last pic posted from that site was couple of months ago – it would be interesting to see what progree has been made! 😎

AND – if you’re willing to walk to the Count Hall – perhaps you could get a few snaps of the Kingsley dev. and the latest from the Jurys site! :rolleyes:

If you can make it to the City Hall car park and tak the lift to the top level take a few picks of the O’Flynn Construction Eglington St. site and the new City Council Offices.

@malec wrote:

I’m at home for the next few days and was thinking, if I get bored I might go out and take some pictures again. Are there any particular developments you’d like me to visit, of course provided they’re within walking distance. I live near the city centre and I don’t mind walking a bit, last time I went out to the county hall, that’s about the maximum amount of walking I’m willing to do 😀

If you’re flying in a few pics of the airport with people actually in it would be great.
Cornmarket street development is definitely of interest from the coal quay side.

And how about a picture of Grand Parade now that redevelopment has begun.

Any one know how Frinailla’s development is developing (old Grand Parade Hotel/Sir Henry’s)?

Any decision made on the new library yet? Has the new hotel on the Mall/Parnell Place gone into construction?

All Pics will be very much appreciated.

@Spinal Tap wrote:

Mr & Mrs Spinal Tap picked up 2 Dutch tourists thumbing from Cobh to Cork on Saturday last and they were asking us what there was for tourists in Cork City.They had done the English market,Shandon,St.Finbarrs and the city centre area in a whole morning ! They loved Cork and thought it was a great city after 3 days in Dublin and being ripped off at Oxygen which was a dissapointment for them but there was nothing for them to do here and keep them in the city apart from bars and restaurants shops etc.We directed them to Kinsale,Clonakilty etc.

Cork needs more visitor attractions :-

Outdoor spaces / parks ah la Park Guell Barcelona
City Quays under utilised for proper paving seating landscaping ( cars parked right up to river ) massive potential.
Maritime Museum in the docklands.
Indoor Aquarium similar to the one in La Rochell France
Arts Museum / Venue like Gateshead or dare I say it Bilbao Guggenheim !
Feel free to add to list

Cork has the jobs,Population and wealth to support a vibrant arts and cultural scene but need to wake up to whats happening internationally in cities of a similar size across the rest of Europe.

B.T.W. Are’nt the new railings at Penrose Quay great next to the new sculpture installation ? They make you realise how bad the railings are across the rest of the City’s quays.

what about UCC buildings and grounds and the Art Gallery there…

Thanks for the idea of taking pictures from the top of carparks. I didn’t think of that and I’ve been wanting to see the eglinton street site properly for a while. I did feel like a gimp going up to the 5th floor just to take pictures of a hole in the ground, I didn’t get any stares though 😀
I was actually on my way to the bus station since I went to Killarney last night. The bus was full though so I had to wait an hour for the next one, what better way to spend a free hour than to take a few photos (well not quite an hour since I had to buy myself some food, etc)

From the top of the city hall:

The eglinton street site, just a hole right now. The hole where the tower’s supposed to go is 2 times as deep as the rest though.

I keep forgetting what this building is called. The picture I took of this a few weeks ago was from the good side, this is the part I don’t like.

The city hall extension from some not so usual angles:

From the paul street carpark:

I didn’t have any time to get proper photos of 21 lavitts quay but I did my best 😀

Once again Malec, you have outdone yourself!

I’m particularly glad to see the images of the Cornmarket Centre. Just gives you an idea of how close they’re excavating next to St.Pauls Church and those houses off Coal Quay…precision stuff (or not so precise since they made a wall fall down a few months ago 🙂
Fabuloously quirky views of the City hall extension also with the School of Music in the background.

@Spinal Tap wrote:

Are Habitat taking the Paul St.church in the cornmarket Street development ?

While we’re on the subject of the Cornmarket Centre, I’ve managed to finally get some images of what the finished product will look like.
From a retail point of view, it’ll comprise 17 retail units on 2 floors over basement on a c.1.5 acre site comprising the old Guy and Co. site and St. Pauls Church. The development will offer units ranging from 93 to 3716 sq.m for food fasion and entertainment uses.
There will be two large retail units at basement level (c. 1000 sq.m. each) along with parking for 66 cars.There will be five units facing on to Cornmarket Street at first floor level (the largest being 753 sq. m.). There will also be a mall area at this level with physical linkages to St.Pauls which will house a retail unit.There will be three retail units on a mezzane level with more on the second floor.
There are lots of rumours as to who is going to take some of the larger units, but they remain that at the moment. Irish and European are handling the retail letting.

Wow! Those pics look great! Can’t believe it got planning permission! I hope the stalls on the street are upgraded and maybe some of the English market co’s operating stalls there too! We’ll wait and see! The whole of town will have a great feel to it – from Emmet Place / Academy St – Paul St, all the lanes onto Patrick Steet down to the Grand Parade / Emmet Place & Cornmarket Street! Can’t wait! 🙂

@kite wrote:

😎 The photos are great. I believe that CCC have plans to increase by way of license the number of stalls on the Coal Quay as well as requiring those already present to upgrade.
Should be one of the best streets in Cork when finished.

And thats not even counting the impending development of the Coal Quay Bar/Loft site, as well as the area surrounding the Bridewell.

In the short term, there is nothing planned for the Loft Site, and both the furniture company and the bar continue to trade successfully. In the medium to long term, I believe it is reasonable to assume that the site will recieve considerable attention from developers.
Im not sure of the damage you are referring to.

@Radioactiveman wrote:

Im not sure of the damage you are referring to.

Stealing one of malec’s images…

The area inside the red circle was once a continuation of the arches along the rest of the facade. The ugly square entrance was put in place when it was briefly used as a cash and carry 30 years ago or so.

Looking at that image, the loft side of it desperately needs the clean up that was done on the Coal Quay Bar side.